PRONUNCIATION: (PAL-imp-sest) MEANING: noun:1. A writing surface such as a parchment that has been reused after partially or completely erasing the original text.2. Something reused but still showing traces of its earlier form. ETYMOLOGY:From Greek palimpsestos, from palin (again) + psestos + (scraped). Earliest documented use: 1661 Also see pentimento.________________________________________________minus one s

PRONUNCIATION:(NYN-TEENTH hol) MEANING:noun: The clubhouse or another place, such as a bar or a restaurant, where golfers gather after playing a round. ETYMOLOGY:A standard round of golf has eighteen holes, so the next stop after the game, a bar or a restaurant, is called the nineteenth hole. A similar term is the fifth quarter in (American) football. Earliest documented use: 1901.___________________________________________________Minus an E

NINETENTH HOLE- the walk to the tenth tee where it is considered cricket to slug whiskey as a brace for the second nine.

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